Friday, September 13, 2013

Check out the flooding in Colorado!

• Great Map with Flooding Info and News by Location
• CNN coverage
• Weather Underground's coverage and Info
• SFGates coverage

AGENDA:

• Turn in Notebooks
• Turn in What The? pages and parent signed grade printouts and any extra credit for this unit
• Take Maps Test
• Grade Maps Test using gradecam - all classes except 1st period graded their tests, so ask your student how they did!
• Begin homework

HOMEWORK:

1. Due Monday: Geologic Time Scale reading and questions

Thursday, September 12, 2013

*Remember there is a TEST on MAPS tomorrow.  Study all of the Maps work in your notebook and have your notebook ready to turn in!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp/Review Homework
• Making a Topo Profile
• How to make a topo profile directions and activity
• Video on making a Topo Profile (skip the first part and get to the part about the profile)

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: finish both Topo Profiles worksheets!
2. TEST and NOTEBOOK tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

*Maps TEST and NOTEBOOK are this Friday - study and get organized!*

AGENDA:

• Stamp / Review Homework
• Logos Country Topo Map and questions

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: Logos Country Topo Map questions
2. Due by Friday: parent signature on grade printout

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

AGENDA:

• finish topo models and worksheet
• stamp topo models worksheet
• Map Scale Notes
• Intro homework
• HAND OUT GRADE PRINTOUTS

Topo Maps Websites for help and practice:

Map Quizzes for practice

How to read a map

How to read a topo map from How Stuff Works

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: finished topo models worksheet and Topographic Maps worksheet
2. Due by Friday: parent signature on grade printout

Monday, September 9, 2013

*Tonight is Back To School Night at 6:30.  Come and take a quick tour through your students school day!*

**Today is a minimum day.  School is out at 12:30.**

AGENDA:

• Stamp / Review Homework
• Build Topo Models (be sure to build your model EXACTLY as the example shows!)

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• Begin topo models questions 1-3 only

HOMEWORK:

1. Due tomorrow: don't worry about the topo models worksheet.  But look at last weeks posts and practice latitude and longitude.